Detailed Mechanism Funding and Narrative

Years of mechanism: 2007 2008 2009

Details for Mechanism ID: 5217
Country/Region: Vietnam
Year: 2007
Main Partner: Program for Appropriate Technology in Health
Main Partner Program: NA
Organizational Type: NGO
Funding Agency: USAID
Total Funding: $75,000

Funding for Care: TB/HIV (HVTB): $75,000

This activity is linked to HBHC MOH/VAAC (9529), HBHC HCMC-PAC (9533), HTXS MOH/VAAC (9398), and HTXS HCMC-PAC (9409).

Funding will be provided to the NGO Program for Appropriate Technology in Health (PATH) for an assessment of private sector TB and HIV care.

In Hanoi and in Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC), private health care providers manage a large number of TB and HIV patients, but the magnitude and the quality of care is not known. Private sector care is largely unregulated and may be of poorer quality than public sector care. Patients managed poorly in the private sector may exacerbate the TB/HIV epidemic, because poor TB and HIV treatment can lead to both drug-resistant TB and drug-resistant HIV. PEPFAR will fund an assessment to determine the magnitude and quality of private TB/HIV care services in Hanoi and HCMC. This assessment will be developed in collaboration with GVN, and will involve interview, questionnaire, and chart review techniques. Funding is provided for technical assistance for all aspects of this assessment. Based on the findings from this assessment, a plan will be developed to improve management of TB and HIV in the private sector.